Adjustable pants hangers



Nov. 28, 1961 J. GLOTZER 3,010,625

ADJUSTABLE PANTS HANGERS Filed April 21, 1958 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR. JACK GLOTZ ER Nov. 28, 1961 J. GLOTZER 3,

ADJUSTABLE PANTS HANGERS Filed April 21, 1958 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN V EN TOR. JACK GLOTZER- United States Patent 3,010,625 ADJUSTABLE PANTS HANGERS Jack Glotzer, 306 W. 24th St., New York, N.Y. Filed Apr. 21, 1958, Ser. No. 729,837 2 Claims. (Cl. 22390) This invention relates to new and useful improvements in clothes hangers.

More particularly, the present invention proposes the construction of an improved clothes hanger which can be used to hold a coat or a pair of trousers or both a coat and a pair of trousers or other garments tautly, in proper crease-retaining position, regardless of whether the hanger is hung in a closet, suitcase or any other place.

Another object of the invention is to provide a clothes hanger of this kind which is adjustable lengthwise and sidewise to accommodate the hanger to difierent sized containers and to accommodate different sized garments.-

A further object of the invention is to provide a clothes hanger of this kind with means for easily and conveniently placing and removing the garments thereon and therefrom and with means for securely and orderly holding the garments thereon.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a garment hanger constructed and arranged in accordance with one form of the invention, showing the parts held in adjusted position and showing a clothes container in dash lines.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged edge view of the hanger shown in FIG. 1, looking along the line 22 of FIG. 1, the latch being shown in unlatched position, parts being shown broken away.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the plane of the line 3--3 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view taken on the plane of the line 44 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken on the plane of the line 55 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 6 is a view similar to FIG. 1 showing a garment hanger embodying a modified form of the invention, parts being shown broken away.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken on the plane of the line 77 of FIG. 6.

FIG. 8 is a fragmentary side elevational view of a modified form of hook.

A garment hanger made in accordance with the first form of the invention is illustrated in FIG. 1 and is designated generally by the reference numeral 15. The hanger comprises a rectangular-shaped four-sided sectional frame 16 formed of two U-shaped sections 17 and 18 sli'dable upon one another. Ihe frame is formed of heavy stock round wire but may be made of plastic or any other suitable hanger material. Each of the sections consists of a crosspiece or bight portion 19 and side leg portions 20, 20. The sections are telescopically and slideably arranged, with the leg portions 20 of the section 17 overlapping and slidable along the outside of the leg portions 20 of section 18. The width of the frame may be increased by a length of wire 45 slidable of the bight portion 19 at one end thereof. The wire 45 is formed with an upturned end 44 for engagement with a container and is held in adjusted position by a metal clamping sleeve 46 welded to the bight 19.

A metal clamping sleeve 21 is secured by welding or otherwise to the lower free end of each leg portion 20 of section 17 for freely receiving the leg portions 2% of ice the section 18. Similarly the free end of the leg portions 20 of section 18 are also provided with clamping sleeves 22 which are welded thereto and freely receive the leg portions 20 of section 17. The sleeves may be formed with finger pieces 23 to facilitate movement thereof.

By reason of this arrangement of leg portions and sleeves, the frame sections are adapted freely to slide along each other in order to adjust the overall length of the frame and the Width of the frame to accommodate difierent sized garments and to accommodate the hanger to different sized containers. The sections are held in moved adjusted position for length by means of latching plates 24 pivotally mounted on the leg portions 20 of the outer frame section 17. Each plate is formed with a bent end portion 25 and with an elongated slot 26 at the juncture of the body of the plate and its bent end 25, the slot being sufficiently wide to permit the plate to tilt on its respective leg portion 20 using said leg portion as a fulcrum and to permit the leg portion to slide therethrough. Each leg portion 20 of the frame section 18 is formed with a bulged out portion 27 adjacent its free end forming a recess 28 between the adjacent leg portions of the sections as shown in FIG. 1.

The latching plates 24 are loosely mounted on the leg portions of the section 17 with their bent end portions 25 disposed in the recesses 28 of the bulged out portions 27 of section 18. Each recess is dimensioned so as to receive the bent end portion 25 of the latching plate freely when the plate is in normal upwardly inclined position, as shown in dotted lines in FIG. 1. When the plates are in this normal inclined position, the bent end portions 25 thereof are disposed parallel to the leg portions of the sections. However, when the latching plates are manually tilted on the leg portions 20 of the section 17, the bent end portions 25 thereof are swung in an arc to a position perpendicular to the leg portions in sliding engagement with the inner surface of the bulged out portions. 27 of the leg portions 20 of section 18 thereby pressing the leg portions of the section 18 away from the leg portions of the section 17 and forcing the sleeves 21 and 22 on the leg portions of sections 17 and 18, respectively, into clamping engagement with the leg portions of the sections, thereby pressing the frame sections together and holding the sections in moved adjusted position as shown in FIG. 1.

Midway the ends of the bight portion 19 of the section 17, a bearing member 30 is mounted thereon for supporting a hook 31 in upright position. The bearing member is formed with a horizontally disposed cylindrical sleeve portion 32 encircling the bight portion 19. The sleeve is formed with an upwardly directed tangentially disposed plate or skirt portion 33. Skirt portion 33 continues into a plate portion 34 slanting upwardly and inwardly toward the sleeve. The plate portion 34 has tapered side edges tapering upwardly and inwardly, and terminates in a vertically disposed integral sleeve bearing member 35 with a smooth-walled bore, for loosely receiving the elongated externally screw-threaded shank 36 of the hook 31, supported in a vertical plane offset from the plane of the bight portion 19 of the frame section 17 whereby clearance is provided for np-and-down movements of the hook 31. An annular bearing block 37 is fastened in aligned relation to the bottom end of sleeve bearing member 35 by means of a tapered upper extension 38 welded to the surface of said bottom end. The annular bearing block is internally screw threaded to coact with the threads on the shank portion 36 of the hook whereby rotation of the hook causes the hook to move upwardly and downwardly. v

A coat hanger 40 is slidably mounted on the shank portion 36 of the hook below the bight portion 19 of the frame. The hanger may be made of plastic, wood, metal,

or any other suitable material. A collar member 41 is removably mounted on the bottom end of the shank portion of the hook below the hanger by means of a pin 44 and is provided with a tapered upper extension 42 which serves as a stop for the hanger.

A plurality of clip-type clothespins 50, four being shown, are slidably adjustable mounted on the bight portion 19 of section 17, providing means for holding both waist and end portions of a garment folded around the bottom horizontal bight portion 19 of section 18.

In using the clothes hanger, the hook 31 enables the hanger to he hung in closets and the like, and when packed in a suitcase 51, such as shown in dash lines in FIG. 1, and'is supporting a pair of trousers, it functions by engaging the wall of the suitcase to steady the frame and keep the frame and supported garment from shifting in the suitcase. If the hanger is supporting both a pair of trousers and a coat, then the hook functions to tighten the coat on the hanger. The waistband of a pair of trousers, for example, or other garment is gripped by the clothespins 50 and the trousers legs or other portions of the supported garment are folded around the bottom horizontal bight portion 19 of the section 18, the ends of other supported garments being brought upwardly and pinched by the clot-hespins against the top bight portion 19 of section 17 thereby securely clamping the garments onto the frame. The telescopic arrangement of the sections 17 and 18 provides means for extending and retracting the sections whereby a garment may be tautly and firmly held between the upper and lower horizontal bight portions 19 of the frame.

The overall length of the hanger may be adjusted to conform to the length of the suitcase or the like by manually turning the shank portion 36 of the hook whereby the hook by reason of its connection to the annular bearing block 37 will move upwardly into contact with the adjacent end of the suitcase as shown in FIG. 1.- The width of the hanger may be adjusted to conform to the width of the suitcase or the like by sliding the wire 45 on bight portion of section 17.

Referring now to the modification of the invention shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, in this form the hanger 15 comprises a three-sided frame 16 formed of two angularbent upwardly to form a flange 60 for engagement with the side of a suitcase or the like.

The sections are telescopically and slidably arranged with the leg :portion 20' of section 17. overlapping and slidable along the outside of the leg portion 20' of section 18. The lower free end of leg portion 20 of section 17 is formed with a loop 54 disposed at right angles to the plane of the leg portion and encircles the leg portion 20 0f the section 18' adjacent the bottom end thereof. The upper free end of leg portion 20 of section 18' is similarly formed with a loop 55 encircling the leg portion 20' of the section 17' adjacent the top end thereof.

In this form of the invention, the overall length of the hanger is adjusted by sliding the sections 17' and 18' upon each other, and the width by sliding Wire 52 on horizontal portion 19'.

In all other respects, the'form of invention shown in FIG. 6 is similar to the form of FIG. 1 and similar reference numerals are used to indicate similar parts.

A modified form of hook 56 such as shown in FIG. 8 may be used with the forms of hangers shown in FIGS. 1 and 6. The hook 56 and shank portion 57, thereof are separated and are pivotally connected by a loop 58 on the end of the hook passing through an eye 59 formed on the adjacent end of shank portion 57. By reason of this construction, the hook can be collapsed to shorten its overall length to accommodate the hanger to a suitcase or the like.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise constructions herein disclosed and that various changes and modifications may be made within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent l. A garment hanger comprising a three-sided frame including opposed angular-shaped telescoping sections, each section having a horizontally disposed piece and a vertically disposed leg portion at one end thereof, said leg portions being in overlapping relation, a hook member supported on the horizontal piece of one of said sections, said hook member having an elongated shank, extensible and retractable means connecting the overlapped leg portions, said means constituting integral loops formed on the free ends of the leg portions, the loop on the free end of one leg portion slidably receiving the other leg portion, and a pivotal latching plate on one of the leg portions for holding the leg portions in moved adjusted position, a coat hanger supported on the shank of the hook member, a wire slidably mounted on the free end of the horizontally disposed piece mounting said hook and forming an extension thereof, the outer end of said wire being bent forming a flange, and a clamping sleeve encircling said wire and crosspiece for clamping the wire in moved adjusted position.

2. In a garment hanger having a horizontal round wire section, a hook supported on the wire section, said hook having a threaded shank, the support for the hook including a bearing member including a horizontally disposed sleeve encircling the wire section and an upwardly and laterally extending extension on said sleeve, said extension terminating in a vertically disposed bearing sleeve for receiving the shank portion of the hook and supporting the same in a plane offset from the plane of the wire section, and an annular internally screw-threaded bearing member secured to the surface of the bottom of the vertically disposed bearing sleeve in alignment therewith whereby rotation of the threaded shank of the hook moves the hook transversely of round wire section.

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